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Bell v. The Hershey Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action alleging the price fixing of chocolate, district court's conclusion that the amount in controversy was below the federal...

Crumley v. Time Warner Cable, Inc.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Public Utilities
In a class action suit, district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss is affirmed where plaintiff's claims that defendant overcharged its...

Sutter Health Uninsured Pricing Cases

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Health Law, Insurance Law
In a class action against a hospital system alleging that it improperly denied plaintiffs discounts it granted insured patients, trial court's denial...

Homa v. Amer. Express Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action, district court's dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint with prejudice in favor of individual arbitration is reversed where: 1) the...

Amoche v. Guarantee Trust Life Ins. Co.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law
In the context of the $5 million amount-in-controvery requirement for removal under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, the circuit court rules...

Hecker v. Deere & Co.

Class Actions, Corp. Governance, Government Law, Securities Law
In a securities claim in which plaintiffs brought suit on their own behalf and for a class of plan participants alleging defendant violated its...

Egerer v. Woodland Realty, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
In a putative class action alleging that defendants violated the Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act by paying and receiving unlawful referral...

Owner-Operator Indep. Drivers Ass'n v. United Van Lines, LLC

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Insurance Law, Transportation
In a suit against a federally registered motor carrier alleging violations of the Secretary of Transportation's Truth-in-Leasing regulations,...

Cristler v. Express Messenger Sys., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action suit against defendant-parcel delivery company for improper classification of employees as independent contractors, judgment in...

In Re: American Express Merchants' Litigation

Administrative Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law
In a matter of first impression, decision holding that the enforceability of a class action waiver provision contained in the contract between parties...